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You tell 'em Ringo!
Calling them the Stones or even the Sex Pistols would be bullshit.
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WHAM would be acceptable, though
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Ringo is right.
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but if you called them Coldplay…
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Well, there were three Beatles and they did go around beheading people and calling for jihad. So it’s a pretty natural nickname to come up with.
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OK, who is the stupid fuck who came up with those nicknames?
Was it somebody at the London Evening Standard or somebody in ISIS?
I think it was some of the people that ISIS was holding captive. They must have been traumatized so I guess we can forgive their stupidity. [Edit: Oh I get it now. They called them that because they were rough and would always beat them up. So there was some point to it.]
Still, I was disappointed that Ringo didn’t come up with something wittier in response. The old Ringo would have said something like They are burka-ing up the wrong tree.
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Right on Ringo drummer of the greatest Rock band the world will EVER see, and that’s includes the Stones all you Rolling Stone fans.
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Age may have mellowed him. On the other hand I, being of an age when most mellow, have not.
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Glad to hear it–I think. In any case, mellowing with age is one thing, but losing your sense of humor is another. One of the many things I loved about the Beatles is how incredibly quick-witted they all were.
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I’m not one to leap to Ringo’s defense most of the time, but I have to say he has a point here.
Maybe “Posh,” “Sporty,” etc.?
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If you were going to name them after a British band, I think The Animals would be more appropriate. But it doesn’t really have the same cultural cachet.
Still, it’s not like Foley and Sotloff called them that because they were like what the actual Beatles stood for. I’m gonna take a wild stab here that they were being a bit sarcastic.
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Not really. He’s misunderstanding the situation by a mile. First, there’s this thing called irony.
Second, they weren’t referred to as the Beatles because of their mutual objectives (hits like “I want to hold your (disembodied) head”), but because they’re British and the Beatles are the most obviously recognizable British thing ever (“more popular than Jesus”,even).
Ringo is my favorite Beatle, but come on. He ain’t right. I get him being perturbed and am totally willing to excuse his silliness because of that, but he ain’t even close to being right.
Sue them!
Stupidity? It’s called “irony”. Go look up “gallows humor”. And it’s quite possibly also mockery by comparison to an obvious opposite.
Gotta give you credit for “burka-ing up the wrong tree” though. 
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Yes, yes and more yes.
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I’m with Ringo…not groovy.
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I wouldn’t want to be related with ISIS, either. I can certainly see his point.
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I know they’re not British, but can we call these ISIS guys Nickelback?
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